Parliament, Elections, Democracy

政治の現場である各種議会の動向や選挙の仕組み・結果について考える場です。法案の行方や政治家の活動、選挙の内容など、私たちの未来に関わる政治の動きを多角的な視点から分析・共有します。

2025.1.18 The People’s March: Protesting Trump in a Divided America

2025.01.19

Two days before President-elect Trump’s inauguration, a massive protest named the “People’s March” was held in Washington, D.C. Many in Japan mistakenly believe that Trump achieved a “landslide victory” in the 2024 presidential election based solely on the number of electoral votes. In reality, however, Republican Trump garnered 49.80% of the vote, while Democrat Harris...

Inside Japan’s Conservative Politics: Shigeru Ishiba and His Vision
: Read Prime Minister Ishiba's memoirs.

2024.11.19

A Hasty General Election Abandoning the Black Money Issue Shigeru Ishiba, a politician who was somewhat unpopular within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), became the party leader. Ishiba had previously written that he would only be chosen as party leader if the LDP found itself in dire straits. This is mentioned in his book, “Conservative...

LDP Presidential Election 2024 – What Will Really Change?

2024.09.24

Recently, we shared a video essay by Osamu Ajioka on YouTube discussing the changes among constitutional revision advocates, written before Prime Minister Kishida announced his resignation and withdrawal from the LDP presidential election. Although the essay was penned in June, it provides a broad perspective on the situation as of September, tied to the LDP...

Massive Protests in France: Opposition to Right-Wing PM Appointment
: 100,000 Demand Macron's Resignation

2024.09.22

On September 21, 2024, in response to a call from the left-wing coalition, which became the largest force in parliament with 178 seats in the recent French general election, large-scale protests against the new cabinet took place across France, with more than 100,000 participants. The demand for the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron, whose party...

Keep an Eye on Japan’s Constitutional Review Committee and Amendment Factions

2024.06.18

author: Osamu Ajioka Changes Among Pro-Amendment Factions – The Background to Watch The Asahi Shimbun dated June 4 reported that there is a movement to submit the constitutional amendment draft only by the pro-amendment factions in the current Diet. According to this article, the submission methods for the amendment proposal are: (1) The chair of the...